complicit
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"They are complicit in this phenomenon and they should be held accountable," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sadly, we are complicit in this occluding of authentic experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"It's one or 10, like, you're already complicit."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Or to believe that Edward Hicks, who was a Quaker and led a spartan life, was complicit in the horrors visited on Native Americans in the name of land acquisition?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“When boys became men, they were told the truth. Or a version of it, anyway. And then they were made complicit themselves.”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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